Proyecto Juntos

Proyecto Juntos represents a collaboration between the University of Oregon’s
Center for Equity Promotion and participating Oregon schools. The data includes a self-report measure from participating parents regarding the frequency with which their adolescents serve as interpreters or translators on behalf of their parents. Language brokering is a complex phenomenon of interest for a number of reasons. Martinez, McClure, and Eddy (2009) have observed that language brokering may be an index of differential linguistic acculturation between parents and youth. Additionally, language brokering may be an indicator of the extent to which a community (in this case, Oregon communities where participants are situated) supports language access. Insofar as language brokering is unlikely in social and institutional contexts that have mobilized language resources, language brokering may be an indicator of a gap in supports; stated differently, parent-reported youth brokering may indicate a mismatch between language needs and language resources. This page seeks to (1) characterize brokering frequency in a sample at baseline and at two follow-up time points six and twelve months later, (2a) examine the premise that language brokering indexes differential acculturation between parents and youth by looking for a relationship between differential linguistic acculturation and language brokering, (2b) explore the possibility that language brokering and differential linguistic acculturation are related to a measure of youth emotional adjustment.